Every courthouse hallway has its own atmosphere. People sit on benches waiting for decisions that may affect their children, property, liberty, safety, income, or reputation. Lawyers hurry between hearings. Witnesses…
In discussions about protective orders and alleged domestic violence, I often hear a familiar refrain: “Protective orders should be granted liberally even when the question comes down to one person’s…
By Quinton Lister, legal assistant My blog post from this last week has got me thinking about the idea of injustice. So many issues in life are unfair. Even in…
By Quinton Lister, legal assistant Rule of law. The restriction of the arbitrary exercise of power by subordinating it to well-defined and established laws. My time as a legal assistant for a divorce…
As a lawyer, do you typically trust what your clients say? I don’t represent people or causes in whom I don’t believe. That is not true of all attorneys, as…